kpix 5's christin ayers reports from the fire lines where helicopters and cal fire's new 747 air tanker are battling the flames. >> reporter: firefighters say this is the kind of blaze that spreads rapidly in grass, fueled by hot windy weather even aggressive air and ground attacks could not keep the flames from consuming homes and forcing evacuations. chopper 5 captured the worst of it, flames going on a rapid run in clayton, overtaking hillsides and engulfing homes. >> at one point there were, like, 50-foot flames off of those trees climbing the hill straight towards that house. >> reporter: he and his wife

kpix 5's christin ayers has >>> anyone that has spent any time in a classroom filled with 13-year-olds can tell you it can be a big challenge. average -- student rising above is working with just that. >> reporter: sabrina could be spending the summer at the beach. instead, the 20 rolled students rising above is teaching kids leadership skills. stuff like integrity and self- awareness as well as honesty. >> they are brutally honest. it is kind of hard but they are fun. >> she is a college intern for the partners program. it is an open program for college students. they must volunteer during the school year and the summer. sabrina was a natural choice for the job. >> she had this inner drive. we felt like she would fit right into being a leader and a role model. >> it is not just about academics. many face challenges outside the classroom. that is something that sabrina knows about first-hand. >> they need people who care about them and support them. >> as a teenager she needed extra support as well. shoe was homeless and struggling to care for her mom who was diagnosed with cancer and

kpix 5's christin ayers he atheight othe rerter: the closs season and will mean visitors will not have access to some of yosemite's most popular attractions while crews fight to keep the fire at bay. the ferguson fire has been raging for two weeks in rugged terrain, burning about 60 square miles. but it's only now that fire officials are issuing this warning. >> get out. >> reporter: with the fire threatening highway 41, the park service is shutting down yosemite valley, including some of its most picturesque attractions, now covered with smoke. sentinel dome, half dome and yosemite falls nearly invisible from smoke sending pollution levels up twice as high in the park as they are in beijing, china, one of the most polluted cities in the world. >> the weawill stay and no relief soon. we dided to close the valley. >> we're here and now we have to leave. >> reporter: visitors like this man and his family sent packing. >> we have been coming here since we were kids, lower pines campground most of the time. this is the first time this happened. it is what it is. it's nature. >> reporter: c

christin ayers, kpix 5. >> the red cross has opened up evacuation centers at both the clayton meeting hall and the brentwood community center. >>> progress on another fire burning in the south bay. this one charred 20 acres north of the san martin airport. chopper 5 overhead as black smoke rose from what looks like a nursery. at least one home was burned. multiple outbuildings were damaged as well. you can see how much smoke it was sending up. at one point, southbound highway 101 had to be closed. the fire is 60% contained tonight. >>> the intense heat is not helping firefighters. meteorologist paul deanna has the inland spots that hit the bay area. >> clayton hit 104 degrees today. southern california hit 109 in woodland hills. 127 in death valley. the heat is going nowhere. we have a heat warning through friday including the sacramento valley. for us, there were a few specific spots. temperatures will stay warm overnight. the higher elevations are above the marine layer. they are hot during the day. let's talk about clayton. even though you are not under the heat advisory, it is sti

kpix 5's christin ayers is on the fire line. >> reporter: firefighters say this is the kind of blaze that spreads rapidly in grass, fueled by hot, windy weather. even ground attacks and aggressive air attacks could not keep the flames from consuming homes and forcing evacuations. chopper 5 capture the worst of it, flames going on a rapid run in clayton, overtaking hillsides and engulfing homes. >> at one point, there were 50 foot flames off of the trees climbing the hill towards that house. >> reporter: duane and his wife andrea were lucky. this is their home on march creek road. the fire miraculously cut a >> ething nd the house burny up to the house. >> reporter: a barn full of chickens collapsed along with two other outbuildings at their home, child, and dog are all safe. >> i am relieved we have a house. >> reporter: others have not been so fortunate. smacked the priority right now is to protect structures and stop the progression of the fire. >> reporter: firefighters are expected to be on the wireline at least throughout the night using tactics like this one, a control back in.

kpix 5's christin ayers reports from the fire lines where helicopters and cal fire's new 747 air tanker are battling the flames. >> reporter: firefighters say this is the kind of blaze that spreads rapidly in grass, fueled by hot windy weather even aggressive air and ground attacks could not keep the flames from consuming homes and forcing evacuations. chopper 5 captured the worst of it, flames going on a rapid run in clayton, overtaking hillsides and engulfing homes. >> at one point there were, like, 50-foot flames off of those trees climbing the hill straight towards that house. >> reporter: he and his wife were lucky. this is their home on marsh creek road. the fire cut a path around it. >> everything around the house burned. it's black all the way up to the house, you know, on all sides. >> reporter: a barn full of chickens collapsed along with two other outbuildings but their home, their child and their dogs all safe. >> i'm relieved that we have a house. >> reporter: firefighters say others have not been so fortunate. >> really, the priority for us now is to protect structures and

tonight neighbors tell kpix 5's christin ayers that they were warning signs that something just went right. -- just wasn't right. >> reporter: tonight people that know the walnut creek woman accused of abandoning her 6 week old son at a los angeles train station are stunned. >> i can't believe she would have left her child like that. >> reporter: they say right before the woman moved out of her apartment a few weeks ago, she had shown signs of mental health issues. >> she said she'd hear voices. >> you think she was on a cell phone, but she was speaking to herself. >> reporter: she recently had started complaining she was overwhelmed caring for her son because he was autistic and nonverbal. >> she would say he's too much to handle. >> reporter: on july 6th she abandoned him. she was arrested when she returned to the train station 19 hours later. now she faces felony child endangerment charges. she pled not guilty and is held on $100,000 bail. her son is with family members. her neighbors say they only hope she gets the help she needs. >> my heart goes out to her. >> reporter: in waln

christin ayers explains how they were caught in the act. >> reporter: the "mercury news" reports that the officers who make up more than 10% of the police force sometimes spent their overnight shifts napping and hanging out at the evans hall library here on campus while radioing in that they were on patrol in other buildings. they were caught when there was a complaint and investigators installed a hidden camera in the library. a uc-berkeley spokesman wouldn't confirm the firings calling it a personnel matter but said speaking generally, we expect officers to be on duty as assigned, protecting the campus community. former oakland police chief and kpix 5 law enforcement analyst howard jordan told me it's not the dereliction of duty that forced a termination. it was the allegation that the officers lied. >> lying about it is sorted of like a cardinal sin. you're not credible anymore. >> reporter: jordan knows at least one of the officers involved a former oakland police lieutenant named lawrence green. >> he is smart and opinionated. so i not rprised about tt init what he said about the

in oakland, christin ayers, kpix 5. >>> time now 4:42. the traditional 4th of july fireworks show gets a high- tech update. details on the unusual display that will light up the skies over travis air force base. testing for an inmate on death row. kevin cooper's case gained national attention f >>> california is moving toward allowing new dna testing for an inmate on death row. kevin cooper's case got national attention following a "new york times" investigation. cooper is on death row at san quentin for the 1985 murders of four people in san bernardino county. his defense believes new dna technology would exonerate him. cooper's supporters argue sheriff's deputies tampered with evidence to frame him. governor brown's office says those claims deserve serious consideration. the governor has asked for more information from the prosecution and defense to determine whether to allow additional testing. >>> san jose mineta international airport will briefly stop flights tonight for independence day fireworks. the city made the decision after th

in oakland, christin ayers, kpix 5. >>> right now anti-i.c.e. protesters are camped out in front of the federal immigration in san francisco. it's part of a national demonstration called occupy i.c.e. demonstrators in san francisco say they are not going anywhere. some have even pitched tents. protesters are speaking out against the trump administration's immigration policies and the agency's tactics. they want the federal government to dismantle i.c.e. tonight i.c.e. says it quote fully respects the rights of all people to voice their opinion without interference. i.c.e. in conjunction with our federal counterparts is continuing to monitor the situation and will make necessary modifications to ensure operations resume appropriately. >>> tonight firefighters are making some progress against the massive fire burning in napa and owe low counties. the -- yolo counties. corral fire just order -- cal fire just ordered new evacuations south of old county road 40 and north of county road 53. the fire is so big the smoke could be seen from space. kpix 5

kpix 5's christin ayers shows us. >>> reporter: oakland police say these are the latest images of a sedan they have been trying to find for almost a year, a silver 2014 to 2016 hyundai elantra, its windows possibly tinted. it's the car seen in a hit-and- run captured on surveillancerea intersection of bancroft and 78th avenue in east oakland. destiny gomez and her >> i woke up in a hospital confused, where's my son? >> reporter: destiny was 7 months protect at the time. the son she named billy was born brain-dead while she was in a coma. he was taken off life support a few days later. >> myself having young children around that age, um, it hits home. >> reporter: oakland police say the surveillance video does not show the hit-and-run driver's license plate number and so far, few witnesses have come forward with information about the car, which would have likely had front end damage and a broken windshield. authorities say serious traffic accidents are not all that uncommon in this area. about a week after what happened to destiny and her brother-in-law, there was another fatal collision i

christin ayers has more. nni >>> growing up in a single- parent home can sometimes have challenges. >> some students have met those challenges head on. >> reporter: this lady is eyeing her future and it looks pretty great. she will be studying biology in the fall. she took a break from studying and work to give me a lesson on how to hit a softball. spend time with her, and it's easy to see that she is a strong woman who credits much of her success to the love that she has received to the shore women in her life starting with her grandmother. >> she really is a guardian angel. >> reporter: her friend kimberly. >> she always encourages me. >> reporter: her mom. >> she was al me through evhingsuppor me loss. kimberly was murdered and her grandmother passed last year. she struggles to make a connection with her mom who she was barely able to see. >> i was in a daycare for most of my life. along the -- >> reporter: along the way, she kept one dream close to her heart, college. >> reporter: sra was there fo. >> keep going no matter what because not everyone will believe so you have to keep

christin ayers. >>> there's a lot of smoke in the air but it's in the air above us. at the surface, the air quality is not bad. it's good to moderate tomorrow. tomorrow is not a spare the air day despite how yucky it looks over us. at the mid-levels the winds are still north to south likely keeping the haze in place for tomorrow. tomorrow still hot. 93degrees. much cooler and also more humid potentially even cloudier on wednesday. going back near 100 around here. we'll talk about that coming up in a few minutes. >>> a plea deal is expected to be finalized tomorrow for the two men charged in the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire. according to the east bay times, derek almena will be sentenced to nine years. harris the concert promoter will be sentenced to six. each will plead no contest to 24 counts of involuntary manslaughter. prosecutors said almena and harris were criminally negligent. their trial was supposed to start later on this summer. >>> tonight there's a second arrest in the case of some stolen show dogs. redding police just arrested the man on the left bill

christin ayers, kpix 5. >>> new lawsuits saying that berkeley police used excessive force when they broke up a 20s -- 2017 protest. in police training urban shield plaintiffs say officers used unnecessary force to end the protest. a retired elementary school teacher said he started bleeding, on his head, when he was hit by a baton. the lawsuit claims to get better police accountability measures, as well as damages, we reached out to the berkeley police for a comment, but have not heard back.>>> the oakland city council is burning the midnight oil, whether to close an eviction loophole, explaining how it could help hundreds of renters stay in their homes. >> reporter: the city council is now on our eight of its meeting, they could be here until 2 am the item we are waiting for is something that could be on the november ballot, adding eviction protections for people living in duplexes or triplex is. it will live t. inside the city hall, an agenda, drawing a huge crowd, filling every single at among the most hotly debated issues are the duplex loophole. >> my landlord tried to get me out of

kpix 5's christin ayers shows us. >> reporter: these are the latest images of a sedan they have beenind for a year. a silver 2014-16 hyundai elantra r seen in a hit and run captured in surveillance video last august. the driver tears through the intersection in east oakland. destiny gomez and her brother- in-law were hit and thrown 100 feet. >> i woke up in a hospital confused. where is my son? >> reporter: destiny was seven months pregnant at the time. the son she named billy was born brain-dead while she was in a coma. he was taken off life support a few days later. >> myself having young children around that age, it hits home. >> reporter: the surveillance video does not show the hit and run driver's license plate number. so far, few witnesses have come forward with information about the car. authorities say serious traffic accidents are not all that uncommon. about a week after what happened to destiny and her brother-in-law, therlove to see lights to illuminate the street during the nighttime and maybe even a crosswalk that lights up. >> reporter: destiny wants to see changes he

chris shows us -- christin ayer shows us how they did it. >> just after four clock this afternoon when firefighters got the call, a worker at the u.s. pipe plant was buried up to his chest in dry cement, and sinking fast. firefighters gave the man a breathing device, and put a harness on him to keep him from sinking any further. then, they started a bucket brigade to take him out. while they were doing that, they also gave him some psychological help. >> before we could get the victim involved, if he is just there at our beck and call, we get really nervous but if we can have them do small things, help get yourself out or hold onto this for me, it keep their mind busy and keeps them from becoming more of an issue, or, just freaking out more, i guess. >> reporter: by 6:30, rescuers had dug down far enough to lift the man out. county firefighters tweeted out this video showing the cement covered worker walking down the stairs, exhausted, but under his own power. they then hosed him down from head to toe in the parking lot, before letting him into a waiting ambulance. he was taken to eden

christin ayers reports, the driver has never been called -- caught. >>> it's been almost a year since the hit and run in east oakland left a pregnant woman in a coma, and a baby she was carrying dead. now that woman is out of the t for the first time, hoping it will help police solve the crime. >> reporter: this is the only way destiny gomez will ever see her infant son billy. >> i woke up in a hospital, confused, where's my son? >> reporter: she has no memory of the collision last august that landed her in the hospital when she was seven months pregnant. >> it is kind of blurry. it >> reporter: grainy surveillance video of the hit and run is too graphic to show in full, but a light, possibly silver honda could be seen swerving around a stopped suv, and crashing into destiny and her brother in law joshua in a cross work -- crosswalk near 78 avenue. >> you see a car coming street around the suv, and it hits us, and that's when i black out. >> reporter: joshua suffered a fractured leg and dislocated shoulder, but destiny was hit hardest. the impact would break nearly every bone in her b

. >> christin ayers has the latest. >> reporter: firefighters are telling us, these are some of the hottestns they have seen this early in the summer. for flareups, like the when that happened here, they have in -- an aggressive new plan of attack. fire engine, speeding out of the station just moments after a fire that sparked yesterday. it flared up yesterday in wallet, today. the flames burned another 8 a -- acres, leaving a space of open space. it is smoky and smoldering. >> the grass is so dry it is almost turning white instead of yellow. >> reporter: for firefighters, this is not been typical. >> these fires are burning almost like it is august. so, the fuel is very dry. they are coming off of the drought, the brush is very dry, the timber is dry. >> reporter: to make matters worst

as christin ayers reports, she's crediting her success to the strong w >>> growing up in a single- parent family home can, challenges. >> but this week's student rising above scholar meant that had on. kristin air reports that she is crediting it to the strong women in her life. >> she is eyeing her future and it looks pretty bright. the high school senior is heading to uc merced to study biology. >> forgive me in advance. >> she gave me a lesson on how to hit a softball. spend some time with the honey and it is easy to see she's a strong young woman. she credits it to the love and support she had from the strong women in her life starting with her grandmother. >> she is a guardian angel. my grandmother taught me so much growing up. >> her friend kimberly. >> she supported me and told me that i'm going to do great. >> her mom. >> we are just trying to do little things together like prom and graduation. >> but with that love and support came loss. kimberly was murdered when she was just 13. her grandmother passed away last year. and she struggles daily to make a connection with her mother

but as kpix 5's christin ayers reports.. >>> anyone who has spent time in a classroom filled with 13-ear-olds will tell you it can be a challenge. >> but as kpix5 reports, for this week's certain rising about scholar, teaching middle school is her dream job. >>> this one is easy and fast. >> she could be spending her summer at the beach. >> people think i am crazy. [ laughter ] >> yes. >> instead the 20-year-old student's rising above is in the classroom teaching middle school kids leadership skills, stuff like self awareness, integrity and honesty. >> they are a tough crowd sometimes and brutally honest. it is kind of hard but they are funny. >> she is a college intern for the partners program an academic enrichment program. >> program director says sabrina was a natural choice for the job. >> she had this inner drive. we felt like she would fit right into being a leader, a role model. >> but it is not just about academics. many of the kids face challenges outside the classroom, something sabrina knows about firsthand. >> it is such a sensitive time and they need people who care abou

but as kpix 5's christin ayers reports..g above scholar, teaching middle s is her dre >>> anyone that spends time in a classroom filled with 13-year- olds can tell you it can be a challenge. this week's students rising above scholar says teaching in middle schools is her dream job. >> this is really easy and fast. >> reporter: sabrina could be spending her summer at the beach. >> people think i'm crazy. [ laughter ] >> reporter: instead, the 20 student rising above alumni is in the classroom teaching middle school kids leadership skills. stuff like self- awareness, integrity and honesty. >> they are a tough crowd sometimes and they are very brutally honest. it's kind of hard. but they're funny. >> reporter: sabrina is a college intern for the partners program. an academic enrichment program for oakland public schools. they must commit to three years of study. the program director says sabrina was a natural choice for the job. >> she had this inner drive and we felt like she would fit right into being a leader, role model. >>

christin ayers, kpix 5 . >>> another fire today, the fast-moving wildfire is approaching the napa county line, near the lake. you can see columns of white smoke from the roof of our sister station in sacramento. it is currently at 1000 acres, 0% containment, authorities are calling for evacuation in yellow county, back in the bay area, we have red flag warnings because of an extreme heat morning. >>> wind are gusting, the humidity is down, fire danger is up for the night. heat advisories for those exceeding tripled digits, which expires at 8 pm. it has been a warm one, we have blue skies and warm temperatures in the east bay. there is relief on the bank -- on the way, temperatures dipped 101 in concord, the relief as close as the golden gate bridge. low clouds and the forecast are on the way in a minute. >>> there is a debate whether fireworks should be even be -- should even be permitted anymore. fireworks are currently legal in four cities and sonoma. those are for personal use, but some are now calling for an end to all fireworks sales and use, after last year's huge wildfires. the ar